Broadway Babies: A Musical Theatre Podcast

The Broadway Babies are back to the dirty streets of the Paris slums, in our second take on the classic, iconic, epic musical "Les Misérables." This week, we're hot-taking the 2012 movie musical, featuring plenty of Hollywood's biggest stars, out in the darkness. So let's hear the people sing the songs of angry men — in close-up and with mostly improper vocal technique!

Also, bonus surprise: Later this week, we'll also be posting on our Facebook page our video recording of this episode, which will be shown during a fundraising livestream by the Gaslight Theatre in Enid, Oklahoma!

Where to watch: Netflix

Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and original lyrics by Alain Boublil, English version by Herbert Kretzmer

• Behind the scenes of the movie filming, including the set design, the costuming and filming, where you see there were other cameras used in scenes besides close-ups...

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There's always time for a song for the Broadway Babies! This week, we're going to keep looking at the wild AF hellscape corner of the internet with another fever-dream musical, the British children's show-surreal-horror-satire-web series "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared." So today, let's go on a journey and talk about about the ups and downs of learning to get creative while also learning to live in a society.

Where to watch: YouTube

Music and lyrics by Joseph Pelling

• A couple theories about children and the media (like bringing in the BBC licensing and ITV being created)
• Another video theory about the dreaming Red Guy refusing to grow up even though he’s tired of being a kid (and the other two are his imaginary puppet friends)
• Roy having some choice words for his son.
• An update on the DHMIS TV show — is it still happening?

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It takes a lot to make a stew, and Alex and Daisha have had their fill in this disturbing episode. Hang on tight, y’all!

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Where to listen: YouTube 

Music by Shawn Coleman and Michael Kohler

Lyrics by Casper Kelly

Distributed by Adult Swim 

• An oral history of "Too Many Cooks"

There was a "Broadway Album"-sized hole in Alex and Daisha’s heart after ending the Barbra season last week, so they filled it. Join the Broadway Babies in a continuation of their already drawn-out season. Is this the actual conclusion to their Barbra season or will they keep making episodes about the rest of her 36 studio albums? Stay tuned and find out next week!! 

Where to listen: YouTube | Spotify

Music by omg Sondheim, Rogers & Hammerstein, Bernstein, Frank Loesser, The Gershwins, Jerome Kern, Tim Rice, Benny Andersson, and  Björn Ulvaeus

Distributed by Columbia 

Show Notes:

• If you like the genre/style shifts in this, opera star Joyce DiDonato recently made an album doing this very same thing with musical theatre, opera, and art song. 
• Here's all the Barbra Archives stuff on the album! 

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Phewwww, after a long hiatus because of COVID and computer issues, the Broadway Babies are ready and able to finish off this season of Barbra Streisand movie musicals at the start of the new year! Alex and Daisha are taking y’all on a trip to Eastern Europe at the turn of the 20th century in Barbra’s final movie musical, 1983's "Yentl," as she makes her final metamorphosis into the multi-hyphenate superstar we know and love. The Bbys hope you enjoyed this season as much as they did and want to know: what’s your ranking of this season’s movies?

Where to watch: YouTube | Amazon 

Music by Michel Legrand; lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman 

Distributed by MGM/UA Entertainment Company

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That's right, dearest darlingest listeners — another star is born! This week's Barbra Streisand episode tackles another long-ass movie-musical romance, this time her (let's say, controversial) iteration of the "Star Is Born" cinematic universe, with Kris Kristofferson and the awkwardly overbearing influence of Barbra's producer-boyfriend. So let's get our perms done, breakfast pizza out of the oven, and talk such amazing topics like extra backlighting, awkward racial undertones and side-boob!

Music by Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams, Kenneth Asher, etc.

Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures

• The YouTube channel Be Kind Rewind's overview and comparison of all the ASIB movies
• Podcast You Must Remember This' episode about the making of Barbra's "A Star is Born"

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Merry Christmas and happy holidays, our dear listeners! For this Very Special Holiday Episode, the Broadway Babies have some things to say about the recently released Netflix movie-musical about a humbug inventor/toymaker who just needs to believe in the power of love to save the day! Did you think this original Christmas story was as cheesy as we did — and is that a bad thing? 

Also a special mention to the recent passings of Broadway legends Ann Reinking and Rebecca Luker — both incomparably talented, lovely women gone too soon.

Music by Philip Lawrence, Davy Nathan, Michael Diskint and John Legend.

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Mamma Mia, here we go again! in another episode about Barbra Streisand and another episode about Barbra playing Fanny Brice! This week the Broadway Babies are covering Ms. Streisand’s fourth movie musical: the less popular, underrated sequel to Funny Girl: 1975’s "Funny Lady." Join Alex and Daisha as they track both Fanny Brice and Barbra’s evolution and maturation in this dark-and-gritty sequel, with music by Kander and Ebb. The Bbys hope that you enjoy this interesting and compelling movie musical. Let them know what you think via the “Broadway Babies: A Musical Theatre Podcast” Facebook page!

Where to watch: YouTube | Amazon 

Original music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb

Distributed by Columbia Pictures

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Hello everyone! We had a not-so-brief hiatus, but are back and ready to continue our Barbra Streisand movie musical season with her third movie musical, "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever." Somehow, this movie manages to be just as extra as the previous two with a fraction of the budget because of the costumes, the special effects, and well, Ms. Streisand herself! Join Alex and Daisha as they unravel the deeper message (in their opinion) behind this strange yet endearing musical. 

Where to watch: YouTube | Amazon 

Music by Burton Lane, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner

Distributed by Paramount Pictures

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Hello, Listeners! It's so nice to have you back where you belong!

Alex and Daisha hope y’all exercised your right to vote and are staying safe. Hopefully this light-hearted episode (which was recorded well before Election Day) will quell some of your election anxieties. The Broadway Babies are comin’ at ya with a new episode in their Barbra Streisand season! This week is Barbra’s second movie musical and perhaps her most extravagant. In this movie, a young Babs plays a woman about 20 years her senior and absolutely slays. Get ready for "Hello, Dolly!"

Where to watch: Disney+ | Amazon 

Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman

Distributed by 20th Century Fox

Show Notes:

• Here’s some Carol. 
• Here’s some Bernadette. 
• Here’s some Ethel. 
• Here’s some Bette. 
• Here’s some Louis. 
• Here’s some Pearl! (Plus the announcement of her special win!)

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